At Obstetrics and Gynecology Grand Rounds in June 1999, David A. Grimes,
MD, discussed a 26-year-old student who had discovered she was pregnant.1 The patient, Ms B, citing cultural and family prohibitions
to having a child while unmarried, along with financial barriers, asked to
have the pregnancy terminated. Ms B was referred to a family planning clinic,
where, after extensive counseling, she chose to have a surgical abortion.